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Key Terms. polyrhythm Yoruba. African Drumming. central to most West African traditional music came to Americas via slave trade influenced many styles including jazz. Yoruba Drumming. Yoruba people of Togo, Benin, and Nigeria many religious and non-religious uses of drumming. Polyrhythms. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Key Terms

• polyrhythm

• Yoruba

African Drumming

• central to most West African traditional music

• came to Americas via slave trade

• influenced many styles including jazz

Yoruba Drumming

• Yoruba people of Togo, Benin, and Nigeria

• many religious and non-religious uses of drumming

Polyrhythms

• overlapped, contrasting rhythms• one drum lays down a basic pulse• other drums play variety of rhythms

– duplication of main rhythm– more complicated and varied rhythms

with extensive syncopation– an entirely different pattern

“Ako”

• from the Egungun festival repertory

• played by virtuoso Yoruba drummers

• some clear polyrhythmic interactions

Iya ilu

• “talking drum” (mother drum)

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Bata drums

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Polyrhythms in “Ako”

• omele ako plays constant pulse• eki plays recurring syncopated

pattern• iya ilu (mother drum) departs freely

from main pulse throughout– at one point plays 3 + 3– feeling of triple meter against 4 + 4

Omele ako

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omele abo

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Let’s watch!

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVDK8iqp38o&feature=related

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cmn-cD5TAnc&feature=related

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcutiSjsUpc&feature=related